View Post Agencies | Campaigns Zambezi, Hungry Man Release Another Awkward fruitwater Spot By Patrick Coffee on Oct. 23, 2014 - 2:00 PM Last month, vitaminwater’s fruitwater brand got a little weird with Christina Applegate in the first of its new ads in a campaign created by Venice agency Zambezi and production studio Hungryman. Today the company released ...
View Post Agencies | Campaigns KFC Covers All Your Demographics in FCB Spot By Patrick Coffee on Oct. 13, 2014 - 2:33 PM This latest FCB Chicago spot for KFC can’t solve the diversity problem at ad agencies, but it can easily solve the challenge of casting diverse actors in ads: pick one member from each major demographic and place them around ...
View Post Campaigns | Sports | TV Ah, So This is How Halftime Was Born By Erik Oster on Jan. 14, 2014 - 3:48 PM If you’ve ever wondered how NFL’s halftime started, Denver-based agency Motive has the (entirely fictional) answer for you in their new spot for Pepsi, “There Since the First Halftime.” In the 30-second spo ...
View Post Ad Biz | Agencies | Brands New CP+B Spots for Xbox One Tackle Retirement, Relationship Issues By Erik Oster on Nov. 12, 2013 - 10:34 AM With the Xbox One’s November 22nd launch date looming ever nearer, CP+B’s marketing blitz for Microsoft’s next-gen system continues with two new spots. Coming on the heels of the “Invitation” spot re ...
View Post Brands | Campaigns | TV | What The?? Trolli Candy Goes to a Strange, Strange Place By Jordan Teicher on Sep. 25, 2013 - 3:26 PM Trolli gummy candy wants to get funky. Apparently, the bright colors and odd shapes weren’t quirky enough, so the candy company called upon Minneapolis-based Periscope for some creative legwork. The result is the new “ ...
View Post Brands | Campaigns Geico Reveals Hump Day Humor… on Hump Day By Jordan Teicher on May. 22, 2013 - 12:27 PM While you’re battling Wednesday workdays at the office, Geico has a new addition to their “Happier Than” campaign that gives a literal visual representation to Hump Day. Yes, a camel, with humps. The camel’ ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | TV Pillsbury Doughboy Giggles for Geico By Bob Marshall on Mar. 27, 2013 - 11:06 AM What?!? Is that the Pillsbury Doughboy being used in a non-Pillsbury advertisement? Is that even legal? This is a big deal! Wait, is it a big deal? I mean, it’s not like they’re competitors of Geico’s. You can ...
View Post Brands | Campaigns | Digital | TV Samsung Tells a Meandering Tale About Unicorns, Business Things By Bob Marshall on Jan. 23, 2013 - 3:24 PM Hey, look! It’s that dude who was on 30 Rock for a few seasons before they realized his character was totally worthless. This guy. Man, has that dude fallen on hard times or what? Let’s all hope he gets back on his fee ...
View Post Ad Biz | Brands | Campaigns | What The?? ‘Fargo’ Villain Takes on Role of ‘The Replacer’ in Latest ‘Black Ops II’ Promo By Kiran Aditham on Jan. 22, 2013 - 3:47 PM Like a less-slick, self-assured version of Harvey Keitel’s “The Wolf” from Pulp Fiction, actor Peter Stormare, who you might remember from playing Steve Buscemi’s even sleazier partner-in-crime in Fargo or ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns Chicken + Football + Couches = Couchgating By Jordan Teicher on Jan. 4, 2013 - 11:15 AM Couchgating isn’t a word, and the idea that friends join together to sit on couches and eat mystery meat chicken on football Sundays has been around for quite some time. However, anachronism aside, KFC’s new “Cou ...